The month of February was cold and dry in the Dryden area.
Bill Laidlaw of Signal Weather Services says the average temperature was -13.1 which is right on the long term average.
Laidlaw notes the high temperature for the month was 4.7 on February 22nd, while the cold day was the 13th at -33.4 degrees.
Laidlaw adds it was an extremely dry month with only 2-centimetres of snowfall about one tenth of the normal amount.
He notes the current snow won’t vanish in a hurry as he’s predicting a cool month of March.
As for the morning commute today (Monday), motorists are urged to slowdown with some freezing rain hitting our area overnight.
(Photo Credit: Ashley Reynolds)